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Question about music and mental health.?

I am an avid musician and I like to play metal....no I love to play metal. I enjoy getting VERY angry and playing out my soul with it. I pinpoint my anger inside my mind and release it through playing metal....I sing and play guitar and I play VERY extreme forms of metal. However, I am worried that I'm tricking into my body into feeling stressed and am worried about getting some kind of stress disorder or something. Should I be worried? In social settings however, I do not express my anger and I consider myself quite mild mannered and I feel like I have good control over my emotions with other people. Metal is not the only music I listen to or play. I also thoroughly enjoy soothing music such as light rock and even jazz. just to be visual about my anger, I feel i can best relate to devin townsend of strapping young lad...heres a song of strapping young lad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW9WUCJSK1E I sing as extreme as he does and sometimes moreso. I really get into the emotion when I sing and play guitar.

Public Comments

1. Your body listens to and responds to music - listen to your light rock and jazz and why not give Mozart a go - you might be surprised at the level and release of emotion in classical music!
2. The previous answer is right - a good balance of music would be good for you. Maybe before you hit the sack at night, listen to some Brahms or Wagner. Wagner has some very emotional music. You never know, you might even pick up some ideas for new music from it :-)